Operation: Winter Storm Charity Tournament

Get your game on for a great cause.

Facility B5D and HaloCharts have teamed up to once again support the efforts of Child's Play. If you put in enough effort yourself, you could walk away with prizes. Thanks to HBO for the heads up. Check out the details after the jump.

8-Bit Brigade's 4th Annual Holiday Fund Raiser

We're a little bit late getting this news to you. 8-Bit Brigade's charity event is already underway. You should still check it out, though, they're supporting an awesome cause.

"8-Bit Brigade is proud to announce its 4th Annual Holiday Fund Raiser for Child’s Play! Join us as we raise money for Child’s Play, a wonderful organization that improves the quality of life for kids in children’s hospitals across the country and around the world.

As in past years, we’re running a raffle. For each $1 donation to Child’s Play, you’ll receive a virtual raffle ticket that gives you an
opportunity to win one of many excellent prizes! There’s no limit to the number of tickets you can buy, so give generously and increase your
odds of winning! We’ll even be broadcasting our drawing live over the Internet, so be sure to tune in!

'Sticky Icky' - Halo 3 Montage Trailer

Slingin' nades.

Halo3Montage.com is hosting another sweet HD montage. This one's actually a trailer, but it features some nice editing and great gameplay. And hey, sometimes you don't have nine minutes on a Friday morning. Thanks to HBO for the lob.

Gametypes

Grifball (100%) - Teams vie over a bomb, attempting to plant and detonate the bomb on the other team's arm point. Players spawn with Gravity Hammers and Energy Swords. Player traits: No grenades, infinite ammo, 200% damage and no shields. Ball carrier traits: Orange forced color, 2x shields and 150% movement speed. Assault bomb arms instantly, and one successful detonation ends the round. Team with the highest score after five rounds wins. Three minutes per round.

Three Year Old Achievement, Unlocked

Alright, so it's not quite three years, but close enough. Wonder how many times Gary UK tried to make this jump before he got it just right? Check out the description and the video evidence.

"Gary UK has done it AGAIN! This guy never ceases to amaze us. What has he done you may ask? Well there has been a challenge from Bowser64 over at http://highimpacthalo.org/forum/ for almost three years, and guess what! Gary completed it! Check out the video to see how it happened!"

'I BR For My City'

I really didn't want to post this, but Shishka said that if I didn't, he'd punch me in the face. I'm also a liar. Forgive me? Either way, sometimes we get some stuff submitted to the feed that's so good it's good, other times, well...

Halo 3 Mythic Guide Version 2.0

Tyrant climbs into the Crow's Nest.

If you're still slogging your way through Halo 3's maniacal "Mythic" difficulty, Daniel Morris has some more tips for you. Tons of text love, plenty of video, and all kinds of expertise at the jump. HBO and Tyrant love you. Reciprocate.

Top 10 Big Team Battle Plays

Hmm, seems we missed a Top 10 yesterday. This one's got some two man commentary action and it's shot in crystal clear HD. Intro does this weird little flippy deal that messes with my brain. Off to get some Dramamine. Check it out while I'm away.

"Top 10 Gaming Group brings you the 10 Best Big Team Battle Kills from Bungie's funniest playlist! Enjoy the variety of Snipes, Splatters, Multi Kills and much more, enjoy!"

Community Spotlight - Clantacular.com

Heading for a showdown.

If you came into the Community Spotlight this week looking for a group focused on snapping epic screenshots, you can get to steppin'. That's right...go on, beat it. Scram! Clantacular.com isn't in it for the aesthetic appeal. They're an offsite, gameplay-focused group of kick ass players. Sound like a squad you want to roll with? Read on.

"Clantacular.com has been serving up Halo 2 and Halo 3 clan match services for three years, starting in 2006 as a Halo 2 Clan recruiting site and then moving on to ranked clan match stats for Halo 2 and 3. We've been dedicated to keeping the Halo Clan Spirit alive since 2006.

Never charging a dime, yet always giving back to the Halo community, we host a Halo 2 and Halo 3 reporting system, taking custom stats from your rss feeds to confirm that the games played are legit. We even host an FFA reporting system so the community can throw down and earn some Clantac ranks on FFA nights. Meantime, you can catch the real action in the community forums and meet up with clans that have been around for years. Not only does the community give clans a place to recruit and come together for showdown, they also have a great community of independent players who just hang out in the forums and show up for online FFA events.

Clantacular.com has been spotlighted a few times over the years on the Bungie homepage, once for being the only clan stats support for Halo 2 and again for our World Clan Wars Tourney where clans took over countries like a game of Risk. We've also taken part in a Humpday Challenge.

Clantac is not just a Halo clan ladder site, but a melting pot of clans, teams, and Halo players from around the world. Not ruled by the corporate world or the need for advertising, you will not see ads or fancy money making schemes. At Clantac it's about one thing and one thing only... Halo!

Q. Alright, so let's talk a little bit of Halo. What are Clantac's favorite maps?

A. We love the Mythic Maps. Clantac is very team oriented - most of the time Slayer oriented - so old school hardcore maps seem to be our favs. MLG Forged maps, Blackout, The Pit, or anything that makes for a good 4v4 or Big Team Battle work too.

Q. And your favorite Game Variants?

A. Hardcore, MLG, default Slayer, Snipers, Swat, Flag and Bomb.

Q. What would you like to see added into Matchmaking?

A. Bring back clan matches! LOL ;) (As if you didn't see that coming!)
Actually, I didn't. See, I'm not all that bright. Seems like Clantacular.com is doing a pretty good job on their own though. If you want to see more, their week one selection of files are loaded and ready for deployment. Grab 'em from Bungie Favorites and remember to take some time to check out their site. You should also stop into the discussion thread attached to this article. Unless you just want to whine about the screenshots. I already told you to scram.

Firefight: Prelude

This new machinima is fueled by incredible editing, camera angles and insane music from Kraddy.

"He is the only ODST left in the city. Our unnamed soldier needs to make it to the UNSC communications base on the outskirts of the city to make contact with UNSC forces. Standing between him and the base is an armada of Covenant forces, sending wave after wave of soldiers to take him out. Will he accomplish his goal? Or will he be captured or killed by the Covenant?"

Hook S1E2: Fish Tacos Go Big!

Things on the dock get a little fishy.

At the Mombasa Inlet Plant evil has a name. It's fish. In this episode Crunch perfects his recipe for Fish Tacos and steals and spends all of the last years profits from the docks on a corny yet threatening commercial. When Fish Tacos becomes the next big thing, people get ideas...

'Battle of the Brick: Built for Combat' Trailer

Looks like this trailer dropped during the holiday break, but we missed it. Sue us. Maybe have your lawyer send a letter with a diagram or something. While you wait for the order to go through, check out this morning's second trailer.

"Coming in early 2010 from the creator of LEGO Zanzibar, The Battle of the Brick is a 25-minute LEGO Halo video made entirely out of LEGO bricks. Check out the extended reveal trailer below!

We featured Alex Kobbs' impressive LEGO recreation of the Zanzibar multiplayer map back in 2007. Now he's getting ready to release a 25-minute long feature set in that level, featuring an epic battle between the forces of Red and Blue."

'Star Fell' Release Date Trailer

Three weeks ago we made mention of Star Fell, a Halo 3 Machinima that blends CGI and gameplay in what could be a really interesting mix. It's not quite ready yet, but if you want to learn more you can now check out the full trailer and mark your calendar.